Andy Murray at the Wimbledon winners ball in London on Sunday night. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images

It may be coincidence, luck or simply a catchy Facebook status update but Andy Murray's win at Wimbledon on Sunday on 7/7 seems to be peppered with the number seven.

Murray was playing in his seventh Grand Slam final, he broke world No 1 Novak Djokovic's serve seven times and was born exactly seven days before his opponent in 1987.

Murray is the first Scot of either sex to win a Wimbledon singles title since Harold Mahoney, 117 years ago.

Murray won Britain's first men's Wimbledon title after 77 years - Virginia Wade won the women's title in, yes, you've guessed it, 1977.

Victoria Beckham, who cheered on Murray from the royal box on Sunday, called her daughter Harper Seven, with seven said to be husband David's lucky number.

I am told that it is lucky, in lots of cultures, and every seventh ocean wave is bigger … or something. Is it all baloney – which would make a few celebrity tattoos a waste of ink – or has the universe spoken?